drukenknight: in one of the databases, (chesslab.com) I think black had won 6 out of 7 or something. The best was a correspondence game that is not in this data base but I will email the administrator. Definitely worth studying this. I think the main line is 4....e4 5 Nc2

refutor: <<drukenknight>Secondly, think about chess, it is always one tiny mistake you make. > you must be a much stronger player than me DK, i'm still worried about the big mistakes as opposed to the tiny mistakes ;)

gauer: this looks like a good way of transposing into a king-pawn opening for black if white is known to play 1 d4 or c4 or Nf3. I prefer 1 ... d6 to 1 ... Nf6 if I know that white is also not an early (e|f)4 player. black can threaten to push an eventual ... e4, the diagonal open to develop the bishop to f5 or g4 (or possibly B(d7?!->c6) to encourage white d5, and retreat to Bd7). he may also get Nbd7, Be7, Nf8, Ng6, as in some Philidor lines, without committing to the Spanish tempo loss variation with Nc6->b8->d7. the exchange line dxe5 doesn't look too scary for black, and is not likely the critical line to squish black with. exd4 may be useful in some lines, but more critical tests are needed to decide whether white should initiate the dxe, or play the push d5, or keep the tension up for later by allowing the dxe4 pawn contact. i don't think black needs to take right away, and a white e4 like a way to avoid the black e4 push, so possibly a Kings Indian is still possible, but here, the bishop isn't committed to a fianchettoed blocked white centre, if he so chooses.

chessman95: <just a kid> I don't know, it seems better to exchange queens with a better endgame. In the 5.Qc2 line, it seems that after 5...Bc5 black has an easy game and probably the advantage. After the exchange of queens and the nice pin on g5 white has (at least) a slight advantage.

chessman95: I can't find anything wrong with what you said, I was just using computer analysis for this one. It gave black the adv after Qc2 and white the adv after an exchange. Experience probably plays the biggest factor in this line though...

deputy1: I am playing a e-mail game against a German player named Andreas Weinrich
here are the moves:
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 d6 3 Nc3 g6 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 e4 0-o 6 h3 c6 7 Be3 What is the best way to continue i think it may have transposed into a KID

NBZ: From my experience on the white side dxe5 dxe5 Qxd8 Kxd8 leads to an ending which is easier to play for black. The loss of castling rights is relatively unimportant, black will soon play c6 followed by Kd7-c8 anyway. A much more important feature of the position is the white pawn on c4, which weakens his q-side and gives black some nice dark squares to play with. Objectively it's still nothing special for black, but practically (since white will often be pushing for a win) black can expect to win a lot of games if queens are exchanged.

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